That’s a really interesting article, but it also points to a different answer. Instead of shipping low-value raw specialty soybeans to Asia where they will be transformed into a high-value product, they should be creating the high-value product in North Dakota and exporting that. If it is valuable enough, you could even ship it by air and skip the cargo ships altogether.
Sure, it is better for North Dakota to make high-value products there, but why would it benefit manufactures to be there (except during rare global logistics disruptions)? Transporting cargo by ship is super cheap during normal times
